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CATALOGUE OF THE FURNITURE AND 
WORKS OF ART IN THE CONNECTICUT 
STATE BUILDING AT THE LOUIS- 
IANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION 
INCLUDING A SKETCH OF EARLY 
CONNECTICUT COLONIAL HISTORY 




CONNECTICUT STATE BUILDING 



S A I N T L O U I S, 



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CONNECTICUT STATE 
^OFFICERS— 



GOVKRXOR 

ABIRAM CHAMBERLAIN 

UEUTENANT-GOVERNOR 

HENRY ROBERTS 

SECRETARY OE STATE 

CHARLES G. R. VINAL 

TREASURER 

HENRY H. GALLUP 

COiVLPTROEEER 

WILLL\M E. SEELEY- 

ATTORNEY GENERAL 

WILLIAM A. KING 

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY 

ALBERT R. CHAMBERLAIN 



COMMISSION 



STATE COMMITTEE 

Hon. Frank L. Wilcox of Berlin 
Gen. Charles Phelps of Rockville 
Hon. Edgar J. Doolittle of Meriden 
Gen. Phelps Montgomery of New Haven 
Hon. Isaac W. Birdseye of Bridgeport 
Airs. George H. Knight of Lakeville 
Mrs. Louis R. Cheney of Hartford 
Miss Anne H. Chappell of New London 

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER 

Hon. Frederick A. Betts of New Haven 

MEMBER BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS LOUISIANA PURCHASE 
EXPOSITION 

Mrs. John M. Holcombe of Hartford 

BUILDING COMAIITTEE 

Hon. Frank L. Wilcox of Berlin 
Gen. Charles Phelps of Rockville 
Hon. Edgar J. Doolittle of Meriden 
Gen. Phelps Montgomery of New Haven 
Hon. Isaac W. Birdseye of Bridgeport 
Hon. Frederick A. Betts of New Haven 

HOUSE FURNISHING COMMITTEE 

Mrs. George H. Knight of Lakeville 
Mrs. Louis R. Cheney of Hartford 
Miss Anne H. Chappell of New London 
Mrs. John ]\I. Holcombe of Hartford 

SECRETARY AND TREASURER 

Mr. J. H. Vaill of Winsted. Office at the Connecticut State Build- 
ing, St. Louis 

HOSTESS CONNECTICUT STATE BUILDING 
Mrs. C. C. Monson of New Haven 

COMMITTEE ON OIL PAINTINGS. WATER COLORS. ENGRAV- 
INGS AND SCULPTURE 

Mr. Charles Noel Flagg of Hartford 



COMM I SSION 



The Connecticut State Building at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition is in ex- 
terior design, similar to a fine mansion in Hartford built in 1820 by the late Charles 
Sigourney upon the occasion of his marriage with the poetess, Lydia Huntley of 
Norwich, Connecticut. Later it was occupied for many years by the late Lieut. - 
Governor, Julius Catlin and family. The interior was designed for the purposes of a 
State Building upon strictly colonial models, and is in perfect harmony with the out- 
side plan 

The front door and some interior wood work are fine old Connecticui specimens 
having been taken from the Hubbard Slater house in Norwich a few months since. 
All the furniture in the house is genuinely "antique," having been collected with great 
care and represents the colonial periods from 1600 to 1830. Although the First Empire 
is represented by but few pieces these are exceptionally fine having been imported 
from France for a bride's "setting out" in Hartford about 1830. The mantels are fac- 
similes of beautiful originals in colonial mansions of Farmington, Connecticut 

archi'tect 

Mr. Edward T. Hapgood of Hartford 

BUILDER 

The H. Wales Lines Company of Meriden 

DECORATORS 

Miss M. A. Lewis, of Lewis & Muchmore, of 20 West 33rd Street, New York 

PHOTOGRAPHERS 

The photographs exhibited at the Connecticut State Building are by Mrs. 
Marie Kendall of Norfolk, Conn., and Mr. E. A. Baugher of Hartford. Many 
of the plates in the historical article herewith are from photographs by Herbert 
Randall of Hartford 



Official Catalogue published for the Connecticut 
House at St. Louis by The Connecticut Magazine 
Company of Hartford, George V. Smith, president; 
Herbert Randall, vice-pres; Francis T.Miller, sec- 
retary; Edward B. Eaton, Frank C Sumner, mem- 
bers Board of Directors— Press work by The Water- 
bury Blank Book Manufacturing Co. of Waterbury 



Mr. Charles Noel Flagg, Committee on Paintings and Sculpture 



*LIST OF OIL PAINTINGS, WATER COL- 
ORS, SCULPTURE AND ENGRAVINGS 
IN THE CONNECTICUT BUILDING 



The architectural scheme of the Connecticut House is based upon that of the Sigourney house 
at Hartford. The architect, Mr. Edward T. Hapgood, has been necessarily restricted to the con- 
ventions which governed in the production of a private residence in the time (about 1820) when 
the Sigourney house was built. There is no picture gallery, and space and good lights for 
paintings are so few that it has been impossible for the Committee on Paintings to place in the 
house more than a very small fraction of those works of art which the State of Connecticut might 
justly, and to her great honor claim as her own, and exhibit as such under more favorable con- 
ditions — Charles Noel Fla.gg, Committee on Paintings 



1 SUNRISE IX CONNECTICUT 

By Willis Seaver Adams 

Born at Siiffield, Conn., and studied in- the Royal Academy at Antwerp 
under Van Larius and Charles Verlat 

2 THE WANDERER 

By Robert B. Brandegee 

Born in Berhn, Conn., 1848. Pupil of Jacquesson de la Chevreuse, Paris, 
1872-1883. Bronze medal Paris Salon 1889. Silver medal Pan-Ameri- 
can Exposition, 1901. Instructor in the Connecticut League of Art 
Students, and Mrs. Dow's School at Briarcliff, N. Y. Principal works 
portrait of the late Miss Sarah Porter, Newton Barney, Esq., etc. 

3 LA FRANCE 

By Robert B. Brandegee 

4 FAR^IIXGTON MEADOWS 

By Robert B. Brandegee 

5 VENEZIA 

By William Gedney Bunce, A. N. A. 

Born at Hartford, Conn., 1840. For many years a resident of Venice, 
Italy. Medals Paris, 1900, and Pan-American Ex., 1901. Picture 
bought by French Government at Universelle Exposition, 1878. Elected 
Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1902. Was a charter 
member of the Society of American Artists. Is represented in Euro- 



* A few of the pictures in the Connecticut House are for sale, and all questions as to price, etc., 
will be answered at the information bureau which is situated in the room to the right on entering 
the building 



ART 



pean galleries notably by works purchased from him by her late Maj- 
esty, Queen Victoria, and his Royal Highness, the Grand Duke Michel 
of Russia. Represented in this country by works in the Hillyer Gallery 
(Smith College) and in man)'- other public and private collections 

6 AVRIL 

By Charles H. Davis, A. N. A. 

Born 1856. Member of Society of American. Artists. Vice-President 
of the Copley Society. Hors Concourse Paris Salon. Med?nls Paris 
Expositions of 1889 and 1900. Gold Medal of Honor. Prize Fund 
Exhibition, New York. $2,000 prize at the same. Medals at Exposi- 
tions at Chicago, Buffalo and Atlanta. Medals Mechanics Fair, Bos- 
ton. Potter Palmer prize of $500, Chicago; Lippincott prize of $^00, 
Pennsylvania Academy; prize of $100 at Washington Art Clmb. Rep- 
resented in Metropolitan Museum, New York ; Pennsylvania Acad- 
emy, Philadelphia; Corcoran Gallery, Washington; Art Institute. 
Chicago; Carnegie Institute', Pittsburg; Public Collection in Omaha, 
and Wadsworth Atheneum, Plartford. Mr. Davis resides at Mystic, 
Conn. 

7 THE OLD OAK 

By Mrs. M. B. English 

Studied in the Hartford Art Society under Dwight W. Tryon, N. A. 
Is President of the Hartford Art Society at present 

8 UNFINISHED PORTRAIT OF CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER 
(last sitting day before he died) 

By Charles Noel Flagg 

Born at Brooklyn, New York, 1848. Pupil of Jacquesson de la Chev- 
reuse, Paris, 1872-1882. Founder and Instructor of The Connecti- 
cut League of Art Students. Member of the Connecticut Siaro Capitol 
Commission of Sculpture. Committee on Paintings for Connecticut 
House, Louisiana Purchase Exposition. 1904 

9 MISS BETTY 

By Charles Noel Flagg 

10 HESTER PRYNNE 

By Jared B. Flagg, N. A. 

Born at New Haven, Conn., 1821. Died 1899. Pupil of Washington 
Allston. Elected National Academician. 1849. Represented by works 
in the New York Board of Trade, Yale University. Wadsworth Athe- 
neum, Hartford; Trinity College, Hnrtford; Connecticut State Capitol. 
New York State Capitol; Navy Department, Washington. D. C. and 
many other public and private buildings 



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11 LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD • 

By Montague Flagg 

Born 1842, at Hartford, Conn. Pupil of Jasqtiesson de la Chevreuse, 
Paris, 1872-1883. Elected member of Society of American Artists, 1884 

12 INDIAN SUMMER 

By Charles Foster 

Born in North Anson, Maine, 1850, now a resident of Farmington, 
Conn. Pupil of Jacquesson de la Chevreuse and Alexander Cabanel, 
Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris 

13 IN FARMINGTON 

By Gharles Foster 

14 FARMINGTON WOODS 

By Harry Gernhardt 

Born 1872. Pupil of Charles Noel Flagg and Robert B. Brandegee. 
Member of Connecticut League of Art Students 

15 FARMINGTON HILLS 

By Walter Grillin 

Born, Portland, Maine. Pupil of Montague Flagg, New York, Raphael 
Collin and Jean Paul Laurens, Paris. Annual Exhibitor Paris Salon 
for a period of ten 3^ears. Instructor in the Schools of the Hartford 
Art Society. Pictures owned in private collections in New York, 
Washington and Boston 

16 THE FAMILY COW 

By Edwin A. Moore 

Born in Hartford, Conn. Pupil of his father, the late N. A. Moore, 
also National Academy of Design, New York 

17 NIANTIC WOODLANDS 

By Robert C. Minor, N. A. 

Born in New York, 1840. Resides at Waterford, Conn. Studied in 
Paris under Diaz, and in Antwerp under Van Luppen, Boulanger, and 
others. Member of the Society of American Artists and Artists' 
Fund Society. Awarded silver medal at Pan-American Exposition, Buf- 
falo, 1901. Elected N. A., 1897. Is represented by work in many im- 
portant collections 



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i8 GRAY DAY IN CORNWALL, CONN. 

By J. H. Niemeyer, M. A. 

Pupil of Gerome, Cornu and Jacquesson de la Chevreuse. First exhibi- 
tion of portraits in Salon, 1869. Honorable Mention for landscapes, 
Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. Professor of Drawing in the 
Yale Art School, New Haven, since 1871. Member of the Society of 
American Artists 

19 A BIT OF OLD NEW ENGLAND 

By Mrs. E. S. D. Owen 
Resides, Hartford, Conn. 

20 SUMMERTIME IN KEENE VALLEY 

By R. M. Shurtleif, N. A. 

Born in New Hampshire, resides in New York. First exhibited 
N. A. D., 1872. Elected A. N. A., 1881 ; N. A, 1890 ; member of the 
American Water Color Society. Awarded bronze medal at Pan-Amer- 
ican Exposition at Buffalo, 1901. Examples of his work are owned by 
the Springfield Art Museum, Henr}'' H. Skinner, Mrs. John M. Steb- 
bins and others ; in Holyoke, by William S. Loomis and others ; and 
in New Britain, Conn., by John B. Talcott. Began his career as a 
landscape painter in Hartford, Conn. 

21 TPTE BABBLING BROOK 

By R. M. Shurtlefl", N. A. 

22 TI-IE MAY ]\IOON 

By Allen B. Talcott 

Born in Hartford, Conn., 1867. Studied in the Hartford Art Society 
under Dwight W. Tryon, N. A.,, also in Paris under Jean Paul Laurens, 
and exhibited in Paris Salon 1893 and 1894. Pictures in important 
collections 

23 OLD MILL AT WATERFORD 

By Henry C. White 

Born at Hartford, Conn., 1861. Pupil of the Art Students League of 
New York and D. W. Tryon, N. A. Instructor for eight years in the 
Art Department of the Hartford Public High School. Principal pic- 
tures are owned in New York, Brooklyn, Chicago, Philadelphia and 
Providence 



ART 



24 IN THE WETHERSFIELD MEADOWS 

By Daniel F. Went worth 

Born in Maine, studied in Munich. Exhibits in prominent exhibitions. 
Many of his works painted and owned in Connecticut. Honorable 
Arthur F. Eggleston, Honorable N. L. Bradley, Honorable E. J. Doo- 
little of Meriden, Honorable J. B. Talcott of New Britain, Honorable 
Charles Phelps of Rockville have good examples. Also represented in 
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford 



WATER COEORS 

25 THE PYRAMIDS, CAIRO 

By William Gedney Bunce, A. N. A. 

26 MORNING IN VENICE 

By William Gedney Bunce, A. N. A. 

27 MOONLIGHT 

By William Gedney Bunce, A. N. A. 

2^ CONNECTICUT RIVER MEADOWS 

By Carl J. Dietrich 

Born 1865, Coburg, Germany. Studied with Ross Turner and Charles 
Noel Flagg. Member of Connecticut League of Art Students 

29 THE UNFINISHED STACK 

By Mrs. Mabel B. EngHsh 

30 PINK ROSES IN GLASS 

By Mrs. W. M. Storrs 

31 RED ROSE 

By Mrs. W. M. Storrs 

32 A GRANBY BROOK 

By Daniel F. Wentworth 

33 ROYAL GARDENS, VENICE 

By R. C. Tuttle 



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ENGRAVINGS 



34 BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL 

35 DEATH OF GENERAL iMONTGOlMERY 

From the original oil paintings by Col. John Trumbull 



SCULPTURE 

36 STATUETTE OF GENERAL JOSEPH WARREN 

By Paul Wayland Bartlett, A. N. A. 

Born at New Haven, Conn., 1865. Son of Truman H. Bartlett, also a 
sculptor. He began to work in sculpture when a mere boy. He ex- 
hibited in the Paris Salon when he was fourteen years of age a bust 
of his grandmother. In 1880 he entered L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in 
Paris, where he was a pupil of Caoelur. In 1887 he received a re- 
compense at the Salon for his group, "The Bear Tamer," now in the 
Metropohtan Museum, New York. He was hors concours, at the Ex- 
position Universelle, Paris, 1899, 3.nd member of the International 
Jury of Award ; also hors concours and represented the United States 
on the International Jury of Awards for sculpture at the Exposition 
Universelle, Paris, 1900. He has received nearly every award and 
decoration that can be given an artist in France and in 1895 "'as made 
Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France. His principal works 
are the equestrian statue of General McClellan in Philadelphia, the 
statue of General Joseph Warren in Boston, the equestrian statue of 
Lafayette in the Square of the Louvre, Paris, a gift to France from the 
school children of the United States ; the statues of Coliimbus and 
Michael Angelo in the Congressional Library at Washington. He is 
represented at the Boston Museum, Philadelphia Academy of Design, 
Chicago Institute, Luxembourg Gallery, and Museum of Decorativ^: 
Art, Paris. Mr. Bartlett's studio is the largest in Paris. He spends 
his time between Paris and New York. Mr. Bartlett has been em- 
ployed by the Connecticut State Capitol Commission of Sculpture to 
make a design for the sculptural decoration of the north front of the 
Capitol building 

37 BAS RELIEF— DEATH OF WARREN 

By Paul Wayland Bartlett, A. N. A. 

38 CARVED FRAME FOR CONN. COAT OF ARMS 

By Albert Entress 



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ART 

ADDRESS OF EXHIBITORS 

Adams. Willis Seaver 1162 Chapel Street. New Haven. Conn. 

Brandegee, Robert B Farmington. Conn. 

Bartlett. Paul Wayland 5 Rue Dareau. Pans, France 

Bunce, William Gedney Hartford, Conn. 

Davis, Charles H Mystic. Conn. 

Dietrich. Carl J 11 Clinton Street, Hartford. Conn. 

English, Mrs. M. B 12 Fern Street, Hartford. Conn. 

Entress. Albert Hartford. Conn. 

Flagg'. Charles Noel Hartford. Conn. 

Flagg. Mrs. J. B 253 W. 42nd Street, New York. N. Y. 

Flagg, Montague, 253 W. 42nd Street, New York. N. Y. 

Foster. Charles Farmington, Conn. 

Griffin. Walter 7 Pliny's Court. Hartford, Conn. 

Gernhardt, Harry Wayland. Mass. 

Moore, Edwin A Kensington. Conn. 

Miner, Robert C Waterford. Conn. 

Niemeyer, John H Yale University. New Haven, Conn. 

Owen. Mrs. E. S. D Goodwin Building. Hartford. Conn. 

Storrs. Mrs. Wm. H 81 Elm Street. Hartford. Conn. 

Shurtleff, R. M 44 W. 22nd Street. New York. N. Y. 

Talcott. Allen B , . .West 67th Street Studios, New York, N. Y. 

White. Henry C 1034 Prospect Avenue. Hartford. Conn. 

Wentworth, Daniel F Ballerstein Building, Hartford, Conn. 



ANTIQUE FURNITURE 
AND CHINA^ 



Mrs. John M. Holcombe of Hartford— Special Commissioner for Connecticut 

on Antiques and History 



1 WING CHAIR— period 1730-1750 

Loaned by Mr. F. A. Sykes, Hartford, Conn. See Morse, page 168; Lock- 
wood, page 164. 

2 WINDSOR SETTEE— 

Loaned by F. A. Sykes, Hartford, Conn. 

3 GOVERNOR TRUMBULE CHAIR— period 1720 

Loaned by Miss M, H. Button, Lebanon, Conn. "Brother Johnathan's" 
chair, used by Gov. Johnathan Trumbull during the Revolutionary War in 
the old square pew in the church at Lebanon, Conn. 

4 BREWSTER CHAIR— 

Loaned by Mr. H. H. Armstrong, Fitchville, Conn. Family tradition as- 
serts that this chair was brought by Elder William Brewster in the May- 
flower. Certified to have been handed down from generation to generation 
in the Brewster family 



Following list of furniture, loaned by Mrs. C. C. Monson. New Haven, 
Conn. The furniture and china mostly from the families of General 
Seth Pomeroy and Dr. Eneas Monson. Gen. Seth Pomeroy was in both 
the Colonial and Revolutionary Wars and was the first Brigadier-General 
to be appointed by the Continental Congress. 

5 HEPPLEWHITE SIDEBOARD 

6 EMPIRE SIDEBOARD 

7 HEPPLEWHITE BREAKFAST TABLE 

8 HEPPLEWHITE TEA TABLE 
Q CANDLE STAND 

10 CORNER WASHSTAND 

11 EMPIRE BEDSTEAD— 

The draperies are copies of those used on a bedstead in the Gay Mansion, 
Suffield, Conn. — 1805. 



* Many pieces are loaned, others are for sale. Information furnished by Mr. J. H. Vaill, Mrs. C. 
C. Monson, Miss Monson, Connecticut State Building 



ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND CHINA ' 

12 SWELL-FRONT CHERRY BUREAU (inlaid) 

13 S\\'ELL-FRONT MAHOGANY BUREAU (inlaid) 

14 S^LALL ENGLISH BUREAU 

15 :\L\HOGANY SECRETARY WITH CABINET TOP 

16 SERPENTINE FROx\tT DESK (claw and ball foot) 
T7 MAHOGANY WARDROBE 

18 HICKORY ROCKING CHAIR— with original seat of hickory 

Chair used by Experience Chapin Burt of Longmeadow. Mass. 

19 CHIPPENDALE CHAIR 

20 CHIPPENDALE CHAIR 

21 CHIPPENDALE CHAIR 

^2 CHIPPENDALE ARM CHAIR 

23 CHIPPENDALE SIDE CHAIR 

24 CHIPPENDALE SIDE CHAIR 

25 HEPPLEWHITE ARM CHAIR 

26 HEPPLEW^HITE SIDE CHAIR 

27 HEPPLEWHITE SIDE CHAIR 

28 EMPIRE SOFA— 1822 

29 EMPIRE CHAIR 

30 E^IPIRE CHAIR 

31 EMPIRE CHAIR 

32 EMPIRE CHAIR— 

This sofa and six chairs, with a consul table, was part of the wedding outfit 
of Mary Ann Patten (Monson), daughter of Nathaniel Patten of Hartford. 

33 WASHINGTON :\IIRROR 



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ANTIQUE F^URNITURE AND CHINA 

34 OVAL GILT AND MAHOGANY MIRROR 

35 COLONIAL MIRROR 

36 TAPESTRY PICTURE— Telemachus, 111 Island of Calypso- 

Worked by Sally Patten while at Moravian School in Bethlehem, Pa., between 
I 807- I 809 

37 RUSH-BOTTOM ARM CHAIR 

38 RUSH-BOTTOM ARM CHAIR • • 

39 EMPIRE MIRROR 

40 LONG MIRROR— 1780 

41 MIRROR 



Following list of china and antiques loaned by Mrs. C. C. Monson, New Ha- 
ven, Conn. 

50 COPPER COFFEE URN 

51 SILVER BREAD TRAY 

52 SILVER CAKE BASKET 

53 PAIR SILVER CANDLE-STICKS— Colonial period, SheMield plate 

54 PITCHER— Lady of the Lake 

55 WEDGEWOOD PITCHER 

56 WEDGEWOOD PITCHER 

57 COPPER FIVE O'CLOCK TEA KETTLE 

58 PITCHER— lustre-ware 

59 BLUE CHINA GRAVY BOAT— with platter and ladle 

60 SPODE CUP AND SAUCER 

61 PLATTER— perforated edge 

62 CHINA CHAFFING DISH 

63 LOWESTOFT PUNCH BOWL 



ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND CHINA 

64 LOWESTOFT GRAA^Y BOAT 

65 LOWESTOFT PLATE 

66 VEGETABLE DISH (with cover) 

67 LOWESTOFT PLATTER (green border) 

68 LOW^ESTOFT PLATE 

69 LOWESTOFT DISPI 

70 PLATE WARMER 

71 BRASS WARMING PAN 

72 WEDGEWOOD PITCHER 

73 TEA CADDY 

74 TWO CANTON VASES 

75 TWO LOWESTOFT VASES 

76 PITCHER (green daisy border) 

-j-j LOWESTOFT PLATTER WITH STRAINER 

78 LOWESTOFT BOWL 

79 LOWESTOFT TEA SET — 3 pieces — teapot, creamer, sugar bowl 

80 BLUE CO\'ER— Lady of the Lake 

81 SOUP TUREEN— Lady of the Lake 

82 FRUIT DISH 

83 MUSTARD JAR 

84 THREE LOWESTOFT CUPS 

85 SAUCER — kistre-ware, pink flowers 

86 FOUR WINE GLASSES— cut glass tumbler, vinegar cruetts, 
mustard and tw^o salts 



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ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND CHINA 

87 ANCIENT SHOE OF 17TH CENTURY AND PURITAN STYLE 

Found in loft of Dr. Monson's house in New Haven, Conn. Only a part of 

the inscription could be deciphered — "Worn by ist Governor of 

Connecticut" (John Haynes was first governor of Connecticut) 

88 PICKLE DISH 

89 KNOCKER (Patten) AND DOOR LATCH 

90 SPIRIT LAMP 

91 BRASS ROSETTES 

92 SEVEN PIECES— EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEF, Etc. 

93 SILVER COFFEE URN 

94 ONE PAIR SHEFFIELD PLATE CANDLE-STICKS— Empire 

95 ONE PAIR SMALL SILVER CANDLE-STICKS— Empire 

96 SHEFFIELD PLATE TANKARD 



200 CORNER CHAIR— 

Loaned by Hon. F. L Wilcox, Berlin, Conn. 

201 SILVER TRAY— 

Loaned by Mrs. E. H. Putney, Hartford, Conn. Certified to have been the 
property of the Hubbards of Belfast, Me. Mrs. Edward Hubbard was the 
niece of Lord Edward Hawke 

202 CURTAIN KNOBS— 

Loaned by Mrs. C. J. Atkins, Middletown, Conn. Came from England before 
1800 

203 CHIPPENDALE SECRETARY— 

Loaned by Mr. Frederick A. Robbins, Rocky Hill, Conn. Imported by John 
Robbins about 1765, when he built a fine house of the first brick ever made 
in Connecticut 

204 CHIPPENDALE CHAIR— 

Loaned by Mrs. Roswell Grant, East Windsor Hill, Conn. One of a set of four- 
teen — twelve side chairs and two arm chairs. Imported by Gov. Roger Wolcott 
in 1760, whose grand-daughter married Col. Roswell Grant, in 17S3. bringing 
these "in her seting out," to the Grant House, where they have remained 
ever since 




Early Colonial Mirror 
1750 

Banjo Clock— 1810 



Mirror with Acanthus Leaves 
1825 



Consul Table— 1825 
Candelabra— 1825 



Candle Stand 
1760 

Martha Washington Tea 
Table— 1780 



Tip Table, owned by Gen'l 
Jeremiah Wadsworth — 1760 




BEDROOM IN the: CONNECTICUT STATE BUILDING— CARVED POST BED- 
STEAD—BUREAU, FIRST EMPIRE-CANDLE STAND " TILT AND SWIVEL" 




DINING ROOM CONNECTICUT STATE BUILDING— HEPPLEWHITE SIDE 
BOARD— LOW BOY WITH SPANISH FEET, NO. 310— DINING TABLE, FIRST 
EMPIRE— SET CHIPPENDALE CHAIRS— HEPPLEWHITE CHAIR 




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NOTE: Error is hereby noted and corrected — In list of furniture, Nos. 346 and 487 
should read "candelabrum" or "candelabra." 



ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND CHINA 



205 SAME AS 204 

206 COMB-BACK WINDSOR CHAIR— 1750 period 

A Grant heirloom. Loaned by Mrs. Roswell Grant, East Windsor Hill, 
Conn. 

207 SAMPLER— 

Loaned by Miss Ida Sutherland, Norwich, Conn. , 

208 BEAD BAGS— 

Loaned by Mrs. E. R. Fairchilds, Middletown, Conn. 

209 WHITE QUIETED BED-SPREAD— 

Loaned by Mrs. E. J. Hill, Norwalk, Conn. 

210 QUILTED WHITE BED-SPREAD— 

Loaned by Mrs. George Newcombe, New Haven, Conn. 

211 EMBROIDERED PICTURE— 

Loaned by Mrs. Charles Hopkins Clark, Hartford, Conn. 

212 ANCIENT TABLE— 1660 period— owned by Edward Griswold, the 
emigrant, and his descendants 

Loaned by Miss Harriet Clark, Hartford 

213 EMBROIDERY PIECE— 

Loaned by Mrs. Oliver Johnson, Norwich, Conn. 

214 CONNECTICUT OR SUN-FLOWER CHEST— 1680— 

Loaned by Mrs. Louis R. Cheney, Hartford, Conn. 

215 PEWTER PLATTER— 

Loaned by Mrs. Roswell Grant, East Windsor Hill 

216— HISTORIC FOUR-POST BEDSTEAD— long used by Chief Justice 
Oliver Ellsworth and the one upon which he died — 
Loaned by Mrs. John M. Holcombe for Ellsworth Association 

217 SPINNING WHEEL— from Oliver Ellsworth House— used by Abi- 
gal Wolcott Ellsworth 
Loaned by Mrs. John M. Holcombe for Ellsworth Association 



ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND CHINA 



218 CHIPPENDALE SOFA— imported by Chief Justice Oliver Ells- 
worth — one of a set in his house before 1790 — 

Loaned by Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth Chapter, Windsor, Conn. 

219 ARM CHAIR — Queen Ann — Spanish foot, period of 1720, certified 
a Nathaniel Hayden chair from old Hayden House — 

Loaned by Mrs. Lucretia G. Harvey, Hayden Station, Conn. 

220 BRAIDED MAT— 

Loaned by Mrs. Lucretia G. Harvey, Hayden Station, Conn. 

221 PEWTER PORRINGER— 

Loaned by Mrs. R. S. Goodwin, Torrington, Conn. 

222 PEWTER PLATE — mentioned in will of 1760 — and a hank of flax — 

Loaned by Mrs. R. S. Goodwin, Torrington, Conn. 

223 QUEEN ANN SIDE CHAIR— 1710-1720. Certified— Chief Jus- 
tice Oliver Ellsworth — 

Loaned by Mr. A. R. Wells, Windsor, Conn. 

224 ARM CHAIR — with lion's feet, First Empire — 

Loaned by Hon. F. L. Wilcox, Berlin, Conn. 

225 FENDER ANDIRONS— Shovel and tongs 

Loaned by Mrs. Louis R. Cheney, Hartford, Conn. 

226 EOW BOY— 

Loaned by Mrs. G. W. Russell, Hartford 

2^'j WINDSOR ARM CHAIR— 1720— 
Loaned by Mrs. G. W. Russell 

228 DUTCH CHAIR— 1720— 

Loaned by Mrs. G. W. Russell 

229 DUTCH CHAIR— 1720— 

Loaned by Mrs. G. W. Russell 

230 WINDSOR CHAIR— 

Loaned by Mrs. G. W. Russell 



ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND CHINA 



231 ANCIENT PICTURE— from Chester family- 

Loaned by Mrs. G. W. Russell 

232 PEWTER PORRINGER— 

Loaned by Mrs. D. A. Markham, Hartford, Conn. 



Loaned by Mrs. Arthur L. Goodrich, Hartford, Conn. 

233 CHERRY DESK — 1720 period, handles mostly original. Owned 
and used by Col. Thomas Knowlton of Ashford, Conn., the distin- 
guished officer in the Revolution who was shot and killed at battle of 
Harlem Heights. This piece has remained in possession of descen- 
dents — 

234 WINDSOR SIDE CHAIR 

235 DUTCH CHAIR— period 1710 

236 CANDLE STAND 

237 CANDLE STAND (hexicon) 



238 CHERRY SECRETARY (inlaid). Owned and used by Col. Ben- 
jamin Gold — 
Loaned by Mr. J. H. Vaill, Winsted, Conn. 



Pieces of furniture and china numbered to 238 are not for sale. Most 
of those following 238 may be purchased. Information, price and 
sales made by Mrs. Monson,' Miss Monson or Mr. J. H. Vaill at Con- 
necticut Building 



Loaned by Mrs. E. B. Leete, Guilford, Conn. 

239 ONE SET SILVER LUSTRE (4 pieces) 

240 COFFEE POT 

241 SHEFFIELD CANDELABRA WITH PRISMS— plate 

242 SPODE PLATTER 

243 FRUIT PLATTER 

244 BIBL'ICAL PLATTER 



ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND CHINA 

245 LANDING LAFAYETTE PLATTER 

246 RIDGEWAY PLATTER (Asiatic palaces) 



300 CORNUCOPIA SOFA— First Empire 

301 ALABASTER CLOCK— 1800— certified— 

Property of Col. James Ward 

302 CHIPPENDALE CHAIR— bandy foot— 1760 

303 MARTHA WASHINGTON TEA TABLE— 1780 

304 MARTHA WASHINGTON TEA TABLE— 1780 

305 WASHINGTON MIRROR— 1780 

306 PEWTER COFFEE POT— James Dixon 

307 TRUMBULL ENGRAVING— Battle of Bunker Hill 

308 TRUMBULL ENGRAVING— Death of Gen'l Montgomery 

For description 307-308. See list of paintings and pictures 

309 RUSH BOTTOM COUCH— 1730 

See page 208, Lockwood 

310 LOW BOY — mahogany with Spanish feet — 1730-1750 
3ii_CLAW AND BALL FOOT TIP TABLE— 1750 

.312 KETTLE DRUM, OAK BUREAU— Seventeenth Century 

313 LOW BOY — maple wood — from Grant House Windsor Hill. Im- 
ported by Samuel Grant about 1700 

314 BIBLE BOX — carved oak — Seventeenth Century 

315 OLD TABLE — certified Grant table — Seventeenth Century 

316 HIGH BOY — 1700 or earlier — in Alden family — descendants claim 
came over in the Mayflower — certified historical piece 

317 HIGH BOY — maple wood — certified from Norwich « 



ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND CHINA 

318 LO^^^ BOY — walnut, feather banded — certified 1720 

319 OAK PRESS CUPBOARD— with carved date and initials R 1698 M 

320 COXSUL TABLE — First Empire — wdiite marble pillars, gilded fruits 

321 SIX-LEGGED HIGH BOY— feather banded— 1700 period 

322 OLD OAK DIXIXG TABLE— about 1650. Always in Grant fam- 
ily. Homestead of Gen. Grant's ancestors in East Windsor Hill. 
All original 

323 CLAW AND BALL CHAIR 

324 CLAW AND BALL CHAIR 

325 SLAT-BACK ROCKER— from Coventry— certified 1740 

7.26 WIXDSOR CHAIR— certified— from Coventry 

7.27 WINDSOR DESK CHAIR— 1740 

328 MAHOGANY COUCH— First Empire 

329 CAX'DLE STAXD — certified 1760 — from Westchester 

330 PEMBROKE BREAKFAST TABLE— 1790 

331 SMALL PEWTER TEA POT 

332 EMPIRE BEDSTEAD — the draperies are copies of those Msed on a 
bedstead in the "Gay ]\Iansion," Suffield, Conn. — 1805 — the tassels are 
fac-similies of original, as one was courteously loaned for a pattern 

333 HEPPLEWHITE AR:M CHAIR— certified. Washington s seat in 
the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia, and later the property 
of Andrew^ Jackson 

334 COLOXIAL GILT MIRROR— 1740 

335 PEWTER TANKARD— certified Wadsworth 

336 BELLOWS 

337 BUTTERFLY TABLE— 1660 



ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND CHINA 

338 BRASS CANDLE-STICKS— certified 

339 SNUFFERS AND TRAY 

340 TRUMBULL ROCKER— 1730 period— from Trumbull family, 
Lebanon 

341 JAMB-HOOKS— certified 

342 CANDLE STAND— certified 1740 

343 CLAW AND BALL CHAIR— Dutch— 1740 period 

344 CLAW AND BALL CHAIR— Dutch— 1740 period- 

See Morse, page 164 

345 SHEFFIELD TRAY 

346 CANDLEBRA 

347 FIRE SHOVEL 

348 BLUE TEAPOT 

349 CARVED CHEST— 1660 

350 ANDIRIONS 

400 BRASS FENDER 

401 URN ANDIRONS— certified— First Empire 

402 CARVER CHAIR — all genuine — except new rush seat — Seventeenth 
Century 

403 BRASS SCONCES — imported over 100 years ago — certified 

404 MANTEL MIRROR— certified 

405 BANNISTER BACK CHAIR— 1740— 

Lock wood, page 156 



ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND CHINA 

406 FAN-BACK WINDSOR CHAIR— 1750 

407 SUGAR BOWL— early Staffordshire 

408 PEWTER SUGAR BOWL AND CREAMER 

409 CHIPPENDALE CHAIR— 1770 

410 CHIPPENDALE CHAIR— 1770 

411 PEWTER PLATTER 

412 MANTEL MIRROR 

413 DUTCH CHAIR— 1735— certified from Marlborough 

414 HEPPLEWHITE CARD TABLE 

415 CHIPPENDALE CHAIR 

416 CHIPPENDALE CHAIR 

417 EMPIRE CLOCK— 1800 

418 GILT MIRROR 

419 MAHOGANY CORNER CUPBOARD— First Empire— 1825 

420 BLOCK FRONT BUREAU— 1760— original handles 

421 ANDIRONS 

422 MAHOGANY CLOCK 

423 BLUE AND WHITE COFFEE POT— Staffordshire 

424 MIRROR 

425 CHIPPENDALE CHAIR 

426 CUT GLASS 

427 FIRST EMPIRE BUREAU 



ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND CHINA 

428 RED AND WHITE DECANTER 

429 FIRST EMPIRE CLAW-FOOT TABLE 

430 JAMB HOOKS 

431 FIVE CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY CHAIRS 

432 MAHOGANY SHERATON TABLE— This table was in the ship 
''SalHe," which brought a load of furniture from France to Wiscosset, 
Maine, which place was selected as a refuge for Marie Antoinette, in 
anticipation of her escape from the Revolutionists 

433 BLUE AND WHITE WASH BOWL AND PITCHER 

434 FRUIT DISH AND PLATTER— Clews 

435 FIRST EMPIRE DINING TABLE 

436 THOUSAND-LEGGED TABLE 

437 LADY'S WORK TABLE— Bonaparte family 

438 TWO GLASS DECANTERS 

439 SILVER CANDLE-STICKS 

440 FIRST EMPIRE MIRROR— original gilt 

441 LOWESTOFT CHINA AND OLD CANTON PLATTER 

442 TIP TABLE—certified Gen'l Jeremiah Wadsv/orth 

443 TEA SET — blue and white — from Glastonbury 

444 SETTEE (painted) 

445 PAIR BRONZE LAMPS— First Empire— original prisms 

446 SLAT-BACK ARM ROCKER— 1730 

447 WINDSOR ROCKER 

448 CANDLE STAND— "tilt and swivel"— 1750 

449 STAND 



ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND CHINA 

450 THREE ^lAHOGANY CHAIRS 

451 TWO ENGLISH PLATES 

452 SIX BLUE AXD WHITE PLATES 

453 TEA POT 

454 PLATTER 

455 PEMBROKE BREAKFAST TABLE 

456 HEPPLEWHITE CHAIR 

457 BLUE AND WHITE PLATTER 

458 BRASS ANDIRONS (square base) 

459 WIRE FENDER (brass rail) 

460 SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TABLE 

461 SPIOVEL AND TONGS 

462 ONE PAIR TONGS 

463 CURTAIN HOLDERS 

464 PE^^'TER TEA POT 

465 ]\IIRROR — wood-carved, acanthus leaves 

466 ROCKING CHAIR 

467 CANDLE STAND 

468 FAN-BACK WINDSOR ROCKER 

469 SHERATON STAND 

470 WINDSOR CHAIR 

471 COMB BACK ROCKER 

472 WINDSOR CHAIR (duck-foot arm) 



ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND CHINA 

473 TENT BEDSTEAD— from Leffingwell family, Norwich, Conn. 

474 SLAT-BACK ROCKER 

475 SLAT-BACK ROCKER 

476 BATTERSEA ENAMEL KNOBS 

477 SMALL TABLE— 17th century 

478 WINDSOR ARM CHAIR 

479 HIGH BOY (scroll top) 

480 BANJO CLOCK— Willard 

481 CREAMER (blue and white) 

482 SUGAR BOWL (blue and white) 

483 OAK TABLE 

484 TEA TABLE (bandy legs) 

485 BOSTON ROCKER 

486 TEA SET — pink lustre — 30 pieces 

487 BRONZE CANDLEBRA 

488 TERRY CLOCK— made by Olcott Cheney 

489 TEA POT (blue and white) 

490 WINDSOR CHAIR 

491 WINDSOR CHAIR 

492 ANCIENT TABLE — 17th century — certified Grant House 

493 WINDSOR ARM CHAIR 

494 WINDSOR CHAIR 

495 WINDSOR CHAIR 

496 WINDSOR CHAIR 

497 BLUE PITCHER 



ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND CHINA 

498 OLD DAVENPORT CHINA COFFEE POT 

499 CREAMER 

500 CUP AND SAUCER 

501 CUP AND SAUCER 

502 BOWL 

503 PEWTER PLATTER 

504 PEWTER PLATTER 

505 PEWTER PLATTER 

506 PEWTER BOWL 

507 FOUR PEWTER PLATES 

508 PEWTER BOWL 

509 CALICO TEA POT (Adams' piece) 

510 BLUE BOWL 

511 PINK PLATE 

512 PLATE (Adams' ware) 

513 SUGAR BOWL— Ridgeway— blue and white— 1824 

514 SUGAR BOWL— blue and white (Adams) 




The above design is the official "marker" adopted by the Commission, and is placed 
upon every article used in the Connecticut State Building bearing catalogue number 



GE N EALOGY 



A few early Connecticut families (ancestors of vast numbers of citizens of the United States) 
have been selected for genealogical illustration in water colors. Coats of arms, ofl5cial ser- 
vices and personal and genealogical data have |been introduced making charts of unusual 
interest and presenting valuable information to the many descendants who visit the Connecti- 
cut State Building from all parts of the country. These were designed and executed by Mr. 
Charles L. N. Camp of New Haven, Genealogist, Heraldic Expert and Illuminator. The families 
were ."selected by Mr. Camp and Miss Mary K. Talcott, another well-known genealogist of Hart- 
ford. The few coats of arms marked "accepted by the descendants" have not been fully in- 
vestigated by the committee in charge and therefore cannot be officially endorsed. Charts are 
placed in library, and entrance hall. They have been purchased in most instances by " De- 
scendants," and loaned for the occasion 



HARTi^ORD 

Haynes (double) Miss Katherine S. Day 

Harlakenden (double) Col. F. W. Cheney 

Wyllys (double) Maj. Louis R. Cheney 

Seymour (double) Miss Talcott 

Talcott (includes Pynchon, Holyoke) Mr. Charles Talcott 

Wadsworth Mr. J. M. Holcombe 

Hooker Mr. E. W. Hooker 

Tyman (double) Mrs. Holcombe 

Olmsted " Mrs. H. S. Storrs 

Spencer Mrs. James J. Goodwin 

Whiting (for sale) 

Lord Mrs. Chas. A. White 

Pitkin Mrs. Holcombe 

Hopkins (for sale) State 

Richards Mr. Haughton, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Webster (includes Treat) Mr. W. W. Ellsworth 

Lewis (for sale) 

Edwards (for sale ) 

Pratt Mrs. Holcombe 



GENEALOGY 

NEW HAVEN 

Davenport (double) Mrs. F. W. Cheney 

Katon (double) Mrs. Edwin Wells 

Goodyear Mrs. Henry Roberts 

Atwater Aliss Frank Monson 

Pierpont Dr. John L. C. Foster 

A\'akeman Airs. Henry Roberts 

Street Mr. Edgar F. Doolittle 

NEW EONDON 

Winthrop Mrs. S. G. Alarion Wmthrop 

Saltonstall (double) Mrs. Geo. W. Forrest 

Brewster Mrs. Louis R. Cheney 

Rogers Mrs. Horace S. Ely (Griswold) 

Bruen (double) Mrs. Mary Hepburn Smith 

Bolles (double) • Mrs. Roswell Grant 

NORWICH 

Mason Mrs. Louis R. Cheney 

Huntington Mr. Haughton, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Fitch Miss Eliz. Dixon 

Lothrop IMrs. Geo. AA\ Lane 

Tracy Mrs. Bela P. Earned 

Leffingwell Mr. Arthur L. Shipman 

Gardiner Mr. Gardiner Greene 

Perkins ^Ir. Haughton 

ST0NI^XT0N 

L. Dennison Mrs. L. R. Cheney 

Chesebrough Mrs. Henry L. Jones 



GENEALO GY 

GUILFORD 

Whitfield (double) Mrs. F. W. Cheney 

Leete (double) Mrs. Wm. H. Palmer 

Chittenden Mr. Chas. M. Beach 

Ludlow Mrs. Chas. Stearns 

Gold Mr. J. H. Vaill 

Jones Mrs. F. Whitmore 

Burr Miss Anna Burr Jennings 

WINDSOR 

Wareham Mrs. F. W. Cheney 

Drake (double) Mrs. Louis R. Cheney 

Allyn (double) Miss Jane Tuttle 

Phelps Gen. Phelps Montgomery 

Wolcott (includes Appleton) (double) Mr. Chas. E. Gross 

wi:thkrsfie:ld 

Chester Mrs. A. A. Welch 

Goodrich Mrs. Daniel A. Markham 

Wells Miss Fannie Pomeroy Brown 

Bulkeley (includes Chauncey) (double) Hon. Morgan G. Bulkeley 

Hollister (for sale) 

MIDDLKTOWN 

Wilcox (includes White, Savage, Sage, etc.,) Mr. F. L. Wilcox 

SAYBROOK 

Fenwick, Cullich, Ely (double) Mr. Richard Fen wick Ely 

Buckingham Mrs. Colt 

Griswold Miss Eliz. Griswold 

Bradford (includes Steele and Warner) Mrs. Kinney 



Woodbridge Cbl. F. W. Cheney 

Edwards (for sale) 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 



The Commission of the State of Connecticut hereby acknowledges the following 
corporations of the State who have aided in the adornment and furnishings of the 
Connecticut State Building : 

Cheney Brothers of South Manchester donated all the silk fabrics used on the 
walls, windows and furniture 

The Hartford Carpet Company of Thompsonville and New York gave the rugs in 
use in the building 

The Bradley and Hubbard Manufacturing Company of Meriden furnished all the 
electric fixtures at greatly reduced prices 

The P. and F. Corbin Company of New Britain equipped the building with 
hardware 

The J. B. Williams Company of Glastonbury contributed the toilet soap 

The Wilcox and White Company of Meriden gave the use of a piano with the 
Angelus attachment, and contributed the services of an accomplished performer 




THK CHARTER OAK AND WYI^LYS HOUSE, ERECTED IN HARTFORD IN 1638 




HE Wyllys family is characteristic of the founders of Connecti- 
cut. The first of the name in this country, Governor George 



Wyllys, left in 1638 an ancestral estate in England, Fenny- 
Compton in Warwickshire, to throw in his fortunes with those 
of the Puritan settlers of Hartford. This estate was near 
Stratford-on-Avon, and one of the Wyllyses left a sum of 
money for a "lecture" or sermon to be preached weekly in Stratford ; so the 
thought occurs that Shakespeare was very possibly familiar with the names 
of Wyllys and Fenny-Compton. George Wyllys held the office of Governor 
of Connecticut ; his son, Samuel, served in the General Assembly thirty-six 
years; Samuel's son, Hezekiah, was elected in 171 1 Secretary of vState for 
the Colony; he was succeeded by his son, George, who held the office for the 
long period of sixty-four years. Then succeeded him his son, General 
Samuel Wyllys, for fifteen years until 1809. Thus, this office, so impor- 
tant in the history of the Colony, was held for ninety-eight years without a 
break by the father, son, and grandson. "It is believed," remarks I. W. 
Stuart, in his "Lives of the Early Governors of Connecticut," "that this 
instance of the perpetuation of high office in the same family for so long a 
term of years is without a parallel in this country." Add to this period of 
ninety-eight years, the thirty-six years of service of Samuel Wyllys, and the 
six years when the first George Wyllys was chief magistrate, and we have 
the record of one hundred and forty years when high places of trust were 
annually given to the Wyllys family 



A GLIMPSE OF CONNECTICUT COLONIAL 

HISTORY 




BY 



MRS. JOHN MARSHALL HOLCOMBE 



Member Board of Lady Managers, Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1904 
Second Vice-President of Connecticut Society Colonial Dames 




NO less an American his- 
torian than the late 
Dr. John Fiske re- 
marks, "that a really 
intelligent and fruitful 
study of American 
history is only an af- 
fair of yesterday." It 
is surprising to think 
how little notice was 
paid to it half a century ago, and he 
invites special attention ''to the State 
of Connecticut, in its relation to the 
very first beginnings and the final 
establishment of federal government.'' 
The religious intolerance of Charles 
I, and his ministers, sent from Eng- 
land large numbers of the best qual- 
ity of Anglo-Saxon representatives. 
They were men of culture, and of 
such powerful influence that their 
strength could not long be "cribbed, 
cabined or confined" by king or 
minister. 



In the emigrants of 1630 there was 
no thought of a life or government 
free from the control of the British 
crown. The desire of the Massachu- 
setts men was to establish a theocratic 
commonwealth attuned to the existing 
home rule. In 1633 came, however, 
men of a different mold. Planted in 
their natures seemed to have been that 
seed destined to develop the great sys- 
tem of democracy, for, from the very 
beginning, as we look back through 
the long perspective of two and one- 
half centuries, and turn on the X-rays 
of modern analytical investigation, we 
can note the workings of that marvel- 
ous leaven — democracy — prompting 
and directing their course. 

The ship Griffin bore from English 
shores, in 1633, a notable company, 
bound for Newtown, Mass., and a- 
mong this company two men. Hooker 
and Haynes, certainly are of special 
interest to the student of history. 
Thomas Hooker had been pastor of a 



Reprinted from Connecticut Magazine by request 




GAUI^DEN MANOR IN TOI.I.AND, SOMERSETSHIRE, ENGI.AND 

Home of the Wolcotts, who sold their estate and came with the Puritans to America 

Ancient Church where the Wolcotts worshipped 



church in Chelmsford, and so great 
was his popularity, that not only his 
own "people, but others from all parts 
of Essex flocked to hear him. The 
Earl of Warwick, though residing at 
a great distance, was a frequent at- 
tendant. John Haynes, the most con- 
spicuous layman of the Thomas Hook- 
er company, was a man "of large es- 
tate and heavenly mind." He was 
owner of Copford Hall, an elegant 
seat that offered an annual income 
of i,ooo pounds sterling. He was one 
of the best representatives of the re- 
publicans of that day, which Coleridge 
has so justly called "the religious and 
moral aristocracy." His second wife 
was Mabel Harlakenden of prominent 
family and royal descent. Her broth- 
er, Roger Harlakenden, brought great 
wealth to the little colony at Boston, 
and his untimely death deprived the 
community of his valuable influence 
and large resources. John Haynes' 
two eldest sons remained in England, 



and we read of a complaint from them 
after his death, that "their father had 
spent too much of his estate in settling 
the colony in New England." But- 
even in Massachusetts, the Mecca of 
that hazardous voyage, the aspirations 
of the "Hooker company" were not 
realized. "A fundamental feature of 
the Massachusetts policy was the lim- 
itation of office holding, and the elec- 
tive franchise to church members 
only." Such restriction did not agree 
with their conception of personal lib- 
erty. 

The residents of the adjoining towns 
of Dorchester and Watertown were 
also opposed to the Massachusetts pol- 
icy, and among the supporters of 
Hooker were Rev. John Warham, 
John Maverick, Roger Ludlow and 
Henry Wolcott of Dorchester, and 
George Phillips, a Cambridge grad- 
uate, pastor of the church of Water- 
town. In these three towns was held 
that germ of pure democracy which 



was destined to revolutionize the 
world. Through long generations 
civil liberty had been kept alive on 
English soil. Slowly developing from 
the little beginning in the wise rulings 
of Alfred the Great, down through the 
centuries, it fired the souls of these 
men — some of whom bore the blood 
of that royal ancestor in their veins — 
to resist theocratic limitations and ad- 
vance personal liberty. A spirit of un- 
rest seemed evident from the very be- 
ginning among the passengers of the 
Griffin. They were barely settled in 
Massachusetts before they agitated the 
matter of leaving, and they appealed 
to the court, after only a year's resi- 
dence, "for liberty to' remove." To 
this request there were strenuous ob- 
jections. John Haynes was made 
governor of the Alassachusetts colony 
in May, 1635, ^i-^t even this overture 
was not efficacious in restraining the 
restless spirits. There were leaders 



there, who could not brook the bonds 
restraining those vital forces that 
claimed expression. Men of destiny 
they seem, indeed, created for a great 
mission, pressed irresistibly on to work 
out the plans of an over-ruling Provi- 
dence, whom we are told "sifted three 
kingdoms to find the material where- 
w^ith to settle New England," and a 
Connecticut writer tells us "that the 
Massachusetts colony was again sift- 
ed to find the righteous material for 
the creation of Connecticut — the 
birthplace of democracy." The Mas- 
sachusetts court granted an unwilling 
consent, and in 1636, Thomas Hooker 
and his company removed to the Con- 
necticut river, settling at a point mid- 
way between Windsor and Wethers- 
field (which was soon named Hart- 
ford) and called it Newtowne. To 
the north of them was the Dorchester 
contingent with the Godly divine, John 
Warham, as pastor, and Roger Lud- 




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ENGLAND, FROM ABOUT FIFTEENTH CENTURY 



The Griswolds who caiue to America were decendants of a younger son of the 
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Son of Gov. John Haynes, who remained in Eng- 
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CHURCH ATTENDED BY GRISWOI.DS 

Interments and Memorial Tablets of the family 
are in the churchyard, Warwickshire, England, 
also a tablet to George Griswold, who was un- 
doubtedly the father of Edward and Matthew 
Griswold, the emigrants 



low and Henry Wolcott among the 
laymen ; to the south was the com- 
pany from Watertown. 

Alexander Johnston says, "These 
settlements had entered the new terri- 
tory, not only as complete organiza- 
tions, but as completely organized 
churches. It was to be the privilege 
of Connecticut to keep the notion of 
this federal relation alive until it could 
be made the fundamental law of all 
the commonwealths in 1789. In this 
respect, the life principles of the Amer- 
ican Union may be traced straight 
back to the primitive union of the 
three little settlements on the banks of 
the Connecticut." On January 14, 
1639, a convention met at Hartford, 
which was a momentous occasion in 
American history. In the creation 
of a constitution there accepted, 
three men are conspicuous : Thomas 
Hooker, the minister and great intel- 
lectual leader, whose sermon of May. 
1638 (but recently deciphered by Dr. 
J. H. Trumbull) reveals him as the 
father of the democracy ; John Haynes, 
the recognized civil leader and first 
governor of the colony of Connecticut, 
and Roger Ludlow, the accomplished 
lawyer, whose hand surely penned the 
document which bears to the legal eye. 
the illegible hall-marks of his profes- 
sional handicraft. Though these three 
figures stand prominently forth on that 
dramatic stage, around them are 
grouped statesmen gathered from 
Hartford, Windsor and Wethersfield, 
who met in that memorable January, 
1639, to frame a constitution, hitherto 
unknown to the nations of the earth. 
The compact prepared in the cabin of 
the Mayflower, though of a most in- 
teresting character, was in no sense a 
constitution, "defining the powers of 
government to which its framers are 
willing to entrust themselves," and it 
began with a full recognition of royal 
authority and can no longer be inter- 
preted as any factor in democracy. Of 
it, Johnston writes : 'Tt had not a parti- 
cle of political significance, nor was 




MARFIEI.D CHURCH IN I.KICESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND, WHERE THOMAS HOOKER 
t»REACHED BEFORE COMING TO AMERICA 

In oval at right is the First Church at Hartford, Connecticut, founded 

by Thomas Hooker 



democracy an impelling force in it." 
It may be interesting to note the per- 
sons constituting that company of Pur- 
itans, which to such an extent has 
peopled this country and determined 
its characteristics. Most of that com- 
pany were well educated. They sacri- 
ficed the environments of wealth and 
such luxury as pertained to the sev- 
enteenth century, to cross the seas and 
encounter manifold privations, suffer- 
ings and dangers for conscience sake. 
They wxre in no sense wanderers or 
"pilgrims." All of the circumstances 
attending their emigration, unequiv- 
ocally demonstrate that the undertak- 
ing, from first to last, was inspired by 
religious principle. They were true 
"Puritans," living not for the flesh, 
but the pure spirit from which their 
name is derived. In their interpreta- 
tion of this purity, they elevated the 
spirit, and not only subordinated the 
things of this world, but to a great ex- 



tent abandoned them and banished 
from their lives such superfluities as 
forms and ceremonies. From the ab- 
sence of worldly considerations left by 
them, very erroneous conclusions have 
been drawn. Hollister states : "From 
actual examinations, it appears that 
more than four-fifths of the early land- 
ed proprietors of Windsor, Wethers- 
field and Hartford, belong to families 
that had arms granted to them in Eng- 
land. But what had they to do with 
the gauntleted hand, the helmeted 
brow, the griflins, the lions, the straw- 
berrv and the storks of the Herald's 
College?" 

Thomas Hooker, Samuel Stone, 
Roger Ludlow, John Warham, John 
Maverick, George Phillips and many 
others, both clergymen and laymen, 
were university men. Haynes, Wyllys, 
Drake, Wolcott, Griswold and Phelps, 
we know, relinquished beautiful 
homes, and with their wives, who were 




JOHN DAVENPORT, FOUNDER OF FIRST THEOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IN NEW WORI.D 

Founded on the brotherhood of men and modeled from the Israelites after 
their escape from bondage in Egypt 



women of equally good position with 
themselves, cast their lives in with 
those elements which were to create a 
''dynamic force" sufficient to revolu- 
tionize the world and elevate humanity. 
The home of Henry Wolcott was 
Gaulden Manor, in Tolland, Somerset- 
shire, England, and the manor house, 
long the residence of this ancient fam- 
ily, was richly ornamented with carved 



work. Henry Wolcott gave up those 
pastimes, "bold, athletic and hardy," 
which the country squires of merry 
England were wont to pursue, attach- 
ed himself to the Puritan movement, 
and set sail for America. Roger 
Ludlow, an Oxford man, was also of 
an ancient English family. 

In less than a year after the settle- 
ment of Hartford, the three river 



towns were threatened with extinction, 
and only the most direct and heroic 
measures could save them. In May, 
1637, "an offensive war was declared 
against the Pequot Indians," and a 
force of ninety men levied, forty-two 
from Hartford, thirty from Windsor, 
eighteen from Wethersfield. Gathered 
together on the bank of the river at 
Hartford, under the command of Capt 
John Mason, the departing warriors 
received the blessing of Thomas 
Hooker. In a letter written by him 
to Governor Winthrop at Boston, im- 
mediately following, he explained the 
reasons for their course, and adds, 'T 
hope you see the necessity to hasten 
execution and not to do this work of 
the Lord slackly." 

The colonists fell upon the Pequots, 
sleeping off a debauch of the previous 
evening, and almost annihilated the 
tribe. *Tt was civilization against bar- 
barism. It was a mighty blow struck 
in self-defense by a handful of settlers 
against a horde of demons. Sachem 
and sagamore against soldier and 
legist ; sannup and squaw against 
husbandman and housewife ; war drum 
against church bell ; war whoop a- 
gainst psalm ; savagery, squalor, devil- 
ish rites and incantations against pray- 
er, hymns and exhortations. Warfare, 
rapine and desolation against peace 
and plenty, enlightenment and culture 
and all the social forces that bear 



fruitage under the sunlight of civilizi 
tion," says John M. Taylor in "Th 
Life of Roger Ludlow." 

The government, self-establisheu, 
under which the three river towns 
had existed from 1639, had proved 
eminently satisfactory, but being with- 
out recognition from the home authoi 
ities, there seemed great insecurity 
during the stormy period of the resto 
ration, and the necessity of a chartei 
very apparent. In 1662, John Win- 
throp, perhaps the most courtly and 
tactful man in the colony, was entrust- 
ed with the delicate commission of se- 
curing such from the new sovereign. 
He was the son of Governor Win- 
throp of Massachusetts and, like his 
honored father, "possessed a remark- 
able combination of audacity with vel- 
vet tact. He knew at once how to 
maintain the rights and claims of Con- 
necticut and how to make Charles II 
think him the best fellow in the 
world." So the astute statesman 
sought and obtained a royal charter, 
which "simply gave Connecticut what 
she had already, and which was so 
satisfactorily republican, that she did 
not need to revise it in 1789, but lived 
on with it well into the nineteenth cen- 
tury." This charter defined her ter- 
ritory in such a way as to include some 
of the other colonies which, by royal 
authority, were annexed. 

Soon the whole of what is now 




RESIDENCE OF THEOPOLIS EATON, AN EARLY EMIGRANT, ERECTED IN 
NEW HAVEN AS THE FIRST MANSION IN THE COLONY 




WII,I.IAM 3AMUEI, JOHNSON 

One of the framers of the Federal Constitution and President of the Committee of Five appointed 
to revise the style of the instrument and arrange its articles — He proposed the organization of the 
Senate as a separate body — Johnson was born and died at Stratford, Connecticut — Copied from origi- 
nal by Gilbert Stuart, now in possession of Dr. Charles Frederick Johnson 

known as Connecticut had grown to- 
gether as an extensive republic, com- 
posed of towns whose union presented, 
in many respects, a miniature model of 
our present great federal common- 
wealth, and all protected under that 
broad charter, around which cluster 
today cherished traditions. Who can 
imagine Hartford without the Charter 
Oak? Who in Connecticut does not 



know of this same charter and the ten- 
acity with which it was preserved? 
Massachusetts had not only surrender- 
ed her charter, but suffered the humil- 
iation of learning that Connecticut had 
heroically mastered the situation and 
kept the priceless document. In Hart- 
ford, Andros was conquered and the 
crown set at naught. While the au- 
thorities were gathered in courteous 




HISTORIC GRANT HOUSE) AT WINDSOR 

conference with their distinguished 
guest, Major Andros, the subject of 
discussion — the charter — lay upon 
the table. Suddenly, all the lights 
went out and there was a moment of 
darkness. The candles were re-lit, but 
amazing to relate, the charter had dis- 
appeared. No one knew whither. It 
was a singular accident, but the most 
polite and gracious governor in the 
world and amiable counsel could not 
surrender an article that was not to be 
found. So Andros, baffled, angry and 
indignant, left with his commission 
unfulfilled. A bold colonist, Captain 
Joseph Wadsworth, had seized the 
charter in that moment of darkness, 
and in company with Captain John 
Talcott escaped with it to Wyllys Hill. 
In the heart of a great oak it was safe- 
ly deposited, transmitting to the ven- 
erable tree that guarded it an immor- 
tal name. 

"Connecticut's line of public con- 
duct was precisely the same after as 
before 1662, and its success was re- 
markable. It is safe to say that the 
diplomatic skill, forethought and self- 
control shown by the men who guided 
the course of Connecticut during this 
period have seldom been equalled on 
the larger fields of the world's his- 
tory. As products of democracy, they 
were its best vindication." 

Following a small remnant of the 
Pequots, as they fled from their devas- 
tated stronghold, along the shores of 
Connecticut, the beautiful region a- 
bout Quinnipiac was first disclosed to 
English eyes, and reports of it reach- 
ed Boston in a short time, and so 



glowing were the descriptions, that a 
party of Englishmen, lately arrived, 
greatly longed to appropriate such a 
beautiful retreat. John Davenport, a 
distinguished divine from London, 
with Theopolis Eaton and a ''goodly 
company" had reached Boston a few 
months previous. They desired, how- 
ever, to found a community of their 
own, and though diligent efforts were 
again made to keep such desirable citi- 
zens in Massachusetts, — even to the 
generous offer of the whole town of 
Newberry, — they could not be per- 
suaded to remain, and thev set out for 
the tempting regions of the Connecti- 
cut shore. They settled at Quinnipiac, 
calling the place New Haven. Mr. 
Eaton built a house of large propor- 
tions, having twenty-seven rooms, and 
furnished it in truly luxurious fash- 
ion, for the records bear witness that 
he had ''tapestries, Turkey carpets 
and tapestry carpets," and that he ac- 
commodated an immense household, 
many besides his immediate famih 
being sheltered in that spacious man- 
sion. 

John Davenport had evinced such 
Puritan tendencies before receiving 




OLD GATE "—ENTRANCE TO COI^ONIAI^ 
MANSION AT FARMINGTON 



liis ordination, it seemed unlikely that 
he could receive orders, but his broth- 
-er-in-law, Sir Richard Conway, prin- 
cipal secretary to the King in 1624, 
had such influence with Charles I, 
that the young man was apparently 
pardoned his outspoken expressions 
-and he was ordained and established 
over St. Stephen's church in London. 
Theopolis Eaton, a wealthy merchant 
of London, was the son of a clergy- 
man in Coventry, who had been the 
teacher of Davenport in his youth. 
Edward Hopkins married the step- 
daughter of Theopolis Eaton and 
came with him from Boston, but set- 
tled in Hartford, and was governor of 
the colony every alternate year with 
Haynes. Two stepsons of Theopolis 
Eaton were David and Thomas Yale, 
the former being great-grandfather of 
Elihu Yale. The New Haven settle- 
ment was a theocratic commonwealth 
like Boston. This remained with the 
outlying districts entirely distinct un- 
til 1662, when they were all incorpo- 
rated into the colony of Connecticut 
"by the provisions of the famous char- 
ter. 

As Roger Ludlow still pushed on 
after that remnant of the fleeing Pe- 
quots, he saw beyond Quinnipiac 
(New Haven) another fair spot, nam- 
•ed Uncoa, which so pleased him that, 
disappointed, we are told, in not hav- 
ing filled the oflice of governor in 
either Massachusetts or Connecticut, 
"he determined upon founding a colony 
for himself, where he would be the 
unquestioned leader. This place he 
called Fairfield, and hither came his 
intimate friends and companions in 
the pilgrimage from England to Mas- 
sachusetts and Massachusetts to Con- 
necticut. There were many promi- 
nent and wealthy people in Fairfield, 
living in beautiful homes, and many a 
noble specimen of colonial architec- 
ture, and family silver bearing arms 
and crests, perished in that merciless 
■destruction of General Tryon and his 



Hessian soldiers in the struggle of 
1776. 

Another commonwealth was in 1639 
established at the mouth of the Con- 
necticut river by Colonel George Fen- 
wick, who arrived with his wife, Lady 
Alice Fenwick, often called Lady 
Alice Botteler, accompanied by gentle- 
men of position and their attendants. 
Winthrop had established a fort there 
in 1635, and later, in expectation of 
the arrival of the distinguished com- 
pany, houses had been built under his 
superintendence for "gentlemen of 
quality." Of this territory, immense 
in extent as described on paper in the 
grant of 1631, the Earl of Warwick 
had been made ''governor in chief, 
and lord high admiral of all the plan- 
tations within the bounds and upon 
the coasts of America." Five lords, 
members of the House of Lords, and 
twelve gentlemen of the House of 
Commons were appointed to assist 
him ; among the former, Lord Say 
and Seal and Lord Brooke, who with 
many others afterward distinguished 
in the civil war, contemplated a re- 
moval to this place. Sir Henry Vane, 
Sir Richard Saltonstall, Lord Rich, 
John Pym, Oliver Cromwell were a- 
mong the number. The settlement 
received the title of Saybrook, in hon- 
or of Lord Say and Seal and Lord 
Brooke, and enjoyed an independent 
government, administered by Colonel 
George Fenwick. It owed no alle- 
giance to Connecticut until 1644, when 
it became incorporated with that col- 
ony. Pathetic is the sequel of Colonel 
Fenwick's sojourn in the wilderness. 
Conditions had become more favor- 
able in England, and the distinguished 
men and women who were expected 
to follow, remained at home, and upon 
that lonely shore Colonel Fenwick 
buried his high-born wife. Lady Alice, 
and returned alone to his native land, 
leaving all his possessions in New 
England to his sister, Elizabeth, wife 
of Captain John Cullick and later 
Richard Ely. There is in the original 




OI^IVER KLI^SWORTH, A I^EADER IN THE FKDERAI, CONVENTION OF 1787 WHICH FRAMED 
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES 

Ellsworth mansion at Windsor, Connecticut — Ellsworth, with his colleague, Johnson 
of Connecticut, drew a bill to organize the Judiciary 



town of Saybrook, now Lyme, a very 
old- burying-ground, called the Ely 
Cemetery, where for nine generations, 
descendants only of this Richard Ely 
have been buried. No one, save those 
of Ely composition, can be mingled 
with the dust in that select enclosure. 
In Saybrook an ancient tablestone 
with curious scroll top, marks the 
resting place of Lady Fenwick. Hol- 
lister writes : *'It speaks of the crown- 
ing excellence and glory of a woman's 
love, who could give up the attrac- 
tions of her proud English home, the 
peerless circles wherein she moved and 
constituted a chief fascination, to fol- 
low her husband to the desolate pe- 
ninsula, where the humble houses of 
wood within the enclosure of the fort 



opened their arms with but a grim and 
chilly welcome. She must have suf- 
fered bitter disappointment, as she 
looked off in vain for the long-expect- 
ed sail that was to waft the noble 
coterie of lords and ladies, knights and 
gentlemen, to Saybrook, whither they 
had promised to flee from the civic 
strifes that beset them at home." 

John Winthrop of Connecticut was 
the oldest son of Governor Winthrop 
of Boston, born at Groton, England, 
1605, the favorite of his father. He 
was educated at Trinity College, Dub- 
lin, and further equipped by an exten- 
sive European trip, which found him 
at twenty-five years of age one of the 
most highly accomplished and elegant 
men of his time. In 1631 he came 




ROGER SHKRMAN 

The only man who took part in drafting our four 
great documents of early national history — Dec- 
laration of Rights, Declaration of Independence, 
Articles of Confederation, Constitution 



with his father to America and was 
chosen magistrate for Massachusetts. 
Soon after he went back to England, 
but in 1635 returned with a commis- 
sion to build a fort at the mouth of 
the Connecticut river and to hold the 
place of governor. 

At New London John Winthrop 
also established a colony, and with him 
was associated Rev. Mr. Blinman who 



after ten years was succeeded by Rev. 
Simon Bradstreet, son of Governor 
Bradstreet and grandson of Governor 
Dudley of Massachusetts. In 1659 
Captain John Mason, with Rev. James 
Fitch and a company of thirty-five, 
followed along the banks of the 
Thames river to a picturesque spot 
between the Yantic and Shetucket riv- 
ers, and created the town of Norwich, 
which Dr. Holmes justly described as 
''a town of supreme, audacious, alpine 
loveliness." 

Again I quote from John Fiske, who 
declares, *'To Connecticut was given 
not only the labor and honor of fram- 
ing the first constitution, but at a later, 
most critical moment of the United 
States, her sons played a saving part. 
The period just following the Revolu- 
tion was fraught with distemper and 
danger. There was lurking dread of 
what might be done by a new and un- 
tried continental power. In 1786 civil 
war was threatened in many quarters, 
bitterness of jealousy between large 
and small states, north and south, was 
such that the assembling of statesmen 
in Philadelphia was a gloomy occa- 
sion. Controversy was heated, and 
personal accusations made the situa- 
tion exceedingly grave and dangerous. 
The convention was on the point of 
breaking up ; the members going home 
with their minds clouded and their 
hearts rent at the imminency of civil 
strife, when a compromise was sug- 
gested by Oliver Ellsworth, Roger 
Sherman and William Samuel John- 
son, three immortal names. These 
men represented Connecticut, the State 
which for 150 years had been familiar 
with the co-operation of the federal 
and national principles. In the elec- 
tion of her government, she was a 
little nation ; in the election of her as- 
sembly she was a little confederation, 
thus it was that at one of the most 
critical moments of our country's ex- 
istence, the sons of Connecticut play- 
ed a decisive part and made it possi- 
ble for the framework of our national 



government to be completed. When 
we consider this noble climax and the 
memorable beginnings which led up 
to it, when we also reflect the mighty 
part federalism is unquestionably to 
play in the future, we shall be con- 
vinced that there is no State in our 
Union whose history will better re- 
pay careful study than Connecticut. 
Surely few incidents are better worth 
turning over and over and surveying 
from all possible points of view, than 
the framing of a little confederation of 
river towns in Hartford in January, 

1639." 

By the searchlight of modern "in- 
telligent study," we may indeed see 
Connecticut illumined with an immor- 
tal radiance, and the figures of four 
dates blazing in unquenchable light, 
1639 — 1662 — 1687 — 1789. The 
hiding of the charter in the oak is 
identified with those series of events 
by which true liberty was inaugurated 
and the United States made possible. 
The first date, 1639, declares an eman- 
cipation of the human race in the cre- 
ation of constitutional liberty. In 
Hartford was born that ''first written 
constitution known to the world, upon 
which were based the principles of 
constitutional liberty," and under its 
provisions a miniature republic found 
life. The second date, 1662, repre- 
sents the protection and continuance 
of the infant republic which, after the 
restoration, was in danger of destruc- 
tion unless officially recognized by the 
home government. A charter was 
prepared by the Connecticut states- 
men, so broad and comprehensive, that 
one marvels as much at their courage 
as statesmanship, but ''fortune favored 
the brave," and the charter was secur- 
ed, and sheltered beneath its protective 
powers, the little republic lived and 
flourished. The year 1687 represents 
again the threatened extinction of this 
same little republic, and still again its 
protection and survival, the indomit- 
able will and ingenuity of the Connec- 
ticut colonists overcoming obstacles.. 



as in 1662 statesmanship and the 
charm of a personal magnetism pre- 
vailed to protect the germ of democ- 
racy. And 1789 represents the grand 
fulfillment of preliminary measures. 
The constitution of Connecticut had 
produced a form of goyernment so 
satisfactory after a trial of 150 years, 
that it proved the solution of serious 
problems before the constitutional 
convention at Philadelphia, as its ex- 
ample was the inspiration which re- 
sulted in the adoption of the United 
States constitution, constructed on the 
lines of Connecticut's model. 

One of the truest of men and best 
of Connecticut's governors said twen- 
ty years since, "What the State of 
Connecticut most needs today is State 
pride, which will develop with con- 
sciousness of its own history." 
With a record as unique — as in- 
spiring as this — to have given to 
mankind an emancipation second to 
none other in the secular history of 
the world, Connecticut should stand 
among the first in the roll-call of the 
States. Well may she command the 
admiration and stir the pride of her 
children wherever they may be. 

Connecticut has been over-modest. 
Hollister writes, "that Connecticut 
people were un-ambitious for display ; 
content with the moral grandeur that 
alone attends the discharge of duty, 
and in silent unconsciousness building 
up a political structure more sublime 
in its beauty than the towered palaces 
of kings." 

In an estimate of comparative state 
merits, and the Exposition at St. Louis 
invites every state to exhibit its best 
in all departments, — I would urge a 
contemplation of the history of the 
early colonial settlements with a study 
of the character of the settlers, the 
motives impelling emigration and the 
immediate impress of those characters 
upon the history of the new world. 
We will find that the Connecticut set- 
tlers came to America neither for 
trade or adventure; they were a com- 



pany of highly intelligent men, impel- 
led by religious and civil convictions 
to seek a freedom for the development 
of those convictions. Emigrating to 
Massachusetts, they failed to find there 
the freedom of their ideals, and again 
they emigrated, leaving friends and 
the protection of a "settlement", to 
strike out through the pathless wilder- 



ness seeking truly a ''promised land". 
On the banks of the Connecticut the 
haven was found. Such were the set- 
tlers of Connecticut ; statesmen of no- 
ble type and far-reaching vision, "who 
builded better than they knew" the 
structure of a free government, "of 
the people, by the people, for the 
people." 




MEMORIAI. GATEWAY TO OI.D CENTER CHURCH BURYING GROUND AT HARTFORD^ 

CONNECTICUT, WHEREIN I^IES REMAINS OF THOMAS HOOKER AND 

MANY OF THE PIONEERS OF THE NATION— ERECTED 

AS MEMORIAL TO GOVERNOR JOHN HAYNES 

Inscription on one of the tablets : "John Haynes, one of the three illustrious framers of 
the first written constitution creating a government upon which were based the principles, 
of American Constitutional liberty" 




CHARTER OAK FRAME AND TABI^ET 

On exhibition at the Connecticut State Building — This frame is made of genuine wood from the 
famous Charter Oak, carved in symbolic design and bearing four dates of great significance in the 
history of Connecticut, 1639; 1662; 1687; 1789. The tablet bears the title "Connecticut, The Constitution 
State," and accompanying quotations bj^ distinguished historians prove the appropriateness and 
justice of the title 



It is on the banks of the Connecticut, 
and under the mighty preaching of Thomas 
Hooker and in the constitution of which he 
gave Hfe, if not form, that we draw the 
first breath of that atmosphere which is 
now so famih'ar to us. — Alex Johnson 

On the 14th of January, 1639, afl the free- 
men of the three towns (Windsor, Hart- 
ford and Wethersfield) assembled at Hart- 
ford and adopted. .. .the iii^st written con- 
stitution known to history, and that created 
a government, and it marked the begin- 
nings of American democracy, of which 
Thomas Hooker deserves more than any 
other man to be called the father. The 
government of the United States to-day is 
in lineal descent, more nearly related to 
that of Connecticut than to that of any of 
the thirteen colonies. — John Fiske 

The eleven fundamental orders of Con- 
necticut with their preamble present the 
first example in history of a written con- 
stitution. — Green's History of English 
People 

Thomas Hooker, the man who first made 
possible our American democracy. — Blliott, 
History of New England 



The constitution of 1639 is the founda- 
tion of the republican institutions of the 
colony. It may claim on higher considera- 
tions the attention of students of politics, 
science and general histor3^ — /. Hammond 
Trumbull 

The birthplace of American democracy 
is Hartford. Government of the people, 
by the people and for the people first took 
shape in Connecticut. The American form 
of commonwealth originated in Connecti- 
cut and not in Massachusetts, Virginia, or 
any other colony. — Johnston 

The first constitution written out was a 
complete form of civil order in the new 
world, embodies all the essential features 
of the constitutions of our states and of 
the republic itself as they exist at the pres- 
ent day. — Horace Bushnell 

Alone of the thirteen colonies. Connecti- 
cut entered into the War of the Revolution 
with her governor and council at her head 
under the constitution of her royal charter. 
— Leonard Woolsey Bacon 

The people of Connecticut have found no 
reason to deviate essentiall}' from the gov- 
ernment as established b}^ their fathers. — 
Bancroft 



^ 




*Q;ACONSTimiON 
l_jCONNECtlCUT. 

CHARTER SECURED BY ^^ 

JOHN WINTHROP.^ 

1687^ x^i^ 

THE C'flARTER^^^^^ H I DDE»^- 
IN THE '.m^^^^^- oak/ 



1789 ^ 

UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION ^ 

ADOPTED ON 

CONNECTICUT'S .M0DEL:%^ 




OFFICIAL BADGE 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 




019 930 612 1 

THERE IS NO STATE IN THE UNIObi, AND I 
KNOW NOT ANY IN THE WORLD, IN WHOSE 
EARLY HISTORY, IF I WERE A QTIZEN, I COULD 
FIND MORE OF WHICH TO BE PROUD AND LESS 
WHICH I SHOULD WISH TO BLOT 

— Bancroft, the Historian 



